The Information Society: The Telecommunications Industry

Telephone lines per employee for selected European countries

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Source: ITU (1993).


		 1982	 1983	 1984	 1985	 1986	 1987	 1988	 1989	 1990	 1991
Netherlands	192.70	197.35	203.28	202.37	203.17	209.26	221.88	232.73	239.31	234.47
Spain		112.66	118.34	124.75	129.57	155.52	161.74	166.06	165.84	167.22	175.71
France		118.06	125.39	132.17	138.08	144.74	151.51	161.92	171.27	180.25	186.17
Germany 	110.77	114.21	117.58	119.56	122.18	125.04	128.70	133.44	141.28
UK		 79.25	 83.49	 88.95	 95.50	 99.25	 95.99	 97.58	101.38	111.94
Portugal	 48.29	 52.48	 56.97	 60.34	 65.03	 72.58	 80.22	100.89	103.59	116.86
Czechoslovakia	 82.25	 88.73	 83.98	 85.49	 92.96	 56.65
Hungary		  9.92   10.24	 10.52	 10.71	 10.85	 11.29	 11.75	 43.62	 45.27	 51.32